ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 432

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 62
23 December 2019

Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2019/C 432/01

Last publications of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2019/C 432/02

Case C-324/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 October 2019 (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against Ivan Gavanozov (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Directive 2014/41/EU — European Investigation Order (EIO) in criminal matters — Article 5(1) — Form set out in Annex A — Section J — Absence of legal remedies in the issuing Member State)

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2019/C 432/03

Case C-391/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 31 October 2019 — European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Own resources — Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) with the European Union — Decision 91/482/EEC — Article 101(2) — Acceptance for import into the European Union free of customs duties of products not originating in the OCT but which are in free circulation in an OCT and are re-exported as such to the European Union — Export certificates EXP — Wrongful issue of certificates by the authorities of an OCT — Article 4(3) TEU — Principle of sincere cooperation — Liability of the Member State having special relations with the OCT concerned — Obligation to compensate the loss of the European Union’s own resources caused by the wrongful issue of export certificates EXP — Imports of aluminium from Anguilla)

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2019/C 432/04

Case C-395/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 31 October 2019 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Own resources — Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) with the European Union — Decision 91/482/EEC — Decision 2001/822/EC — Acceptance for import into the European Union free of customs duties of products originating in the OCTs — Movement certificate EUR. 1 — Wrongful issue of certificates by the authorities of an OCT — Customs duties not collected by the importing Member States — Article 4(3) TEU — Principle of sincere cooperation — Liability of the Member State having special relations with the OCTs concerned — Obligation to compensate the loss of the European Union’s own resources caused by the wrongful issue of EUR.1 certificates — Imports of milk powder and rice from Curaçao and of groats and meal from Aruba)

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2019/C 432/05

Joined Cases C-663/17 P, C-665/17 P and C-669/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 November 2019 — European Central Bank (ECB) v Trasta Komercbanka AS, Ivan Fursin, Igors Buimisters, C & R Invest SIA, Figon Co. Ltd, GCK Holding Netherlands BV and Rikam Holding SA (C-663/17 P), European Commission v Trasta Komercbanka AS, Ivan Fursin, Igors Buimisters, C & R Invest SIA, Figon Co. Ltd, GCK Holding Netherlands BV and Rikam Holding SA, and European Central Bank (ECB) (C-665/17 P), Trasta Komercbanka AS, Ivan Fursin, Igors Buimisters, C & R Invest SIA, Figon Co. Ltd, GCK Holding Netherlands BV and Rikam Holding SA v European Central Bank (ECB) (C-669/17 P) (Appeal — Admissibility — Representation of a party before the Court — Power of attorney given to the lawyer — Power of attorney withdrawn by the liquidator of the appellant company — Further steps in the proceedings by the decision-making body of the appellant company — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to an effective remedy Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Decision to withdraw a credit institution’s authorisation — Action for annulment before the General Court of the European Union — Admissibility Whether the shareholders of the company whose authorisation has been withdrawn are directly concerned)

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2019/C 432/06

Case C-192/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 November 2019 — European Commission v Republic of Poland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU — Rule of law — Effective judicial protection in the fields covered by EU law — Principles of the irremovability of judges and judicial independence — Lowering of the retirement age of judges of the ordinary Polish courts — Possibility of continuing to carry out the duties of judge beyond the newly set age, by authorisation of the Minister for Justice — Article 157 TFEU — Directive 2006/54/EC — Articles 5(a) and 9(1)(f) — Prohibition of discrimination based on sex in matters of pay, employment and occupation — Establishment of different retirement ages for men and women holding the position of judge of the ordinary Polish courts or of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) or that of public prosecutor in Poland)

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2019/C 432/07

Case C-212/18: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 October 2019 (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte — Italy) — Prato Nevoso Termo Energy Srl v Provincia di Cuneo, ARPA Piemonte (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2008/98/EC — Waste — Used vegetable oils having undergone chemical treatment — Article 6(1) and (4) — End-of-waste status — Directive 2009/28/EC — Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources — Article 13 — National authorisation, certification and licensing procedures that are applied to plants for the production of electricity, heating or cooling from renewable energy sources — Use of a bioliquid as a power source for an electric power plant)

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2019/C 432/08

Case C-213/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 November 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Ordinario di Roma — Italy) — Adriano Guaitoli and Others v easyJet Airline Co. Ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Article 7(1)(a) — Competent court in matters relating to a contract — Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Articles 5, 7, 9 and 12 — Montreal Convention — Jurisdiction — Articles 19 and 33 — Application for compensation and compensation for damage resulting from the cancellation and delay of flights)

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2019/C 432/09

C-281/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 31 October 2019– Repower AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), repowermap.org (Appeal — European Union trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Revocation of the Board of Appeal’s original decision partially refusing the application for a declaration of invalidity of the EU word mark REPOWER)

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2019/C 432/10

Joined Cases C-364/18 and C-365/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 November 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia — Italy) — Eni SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze (C-364/18), Shell Italia BV SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Autorità di Regolazione per l’Energia, Reti e Ambiente, formerly Autorità per l’energia elettrica e il gas e il sistema idrico (Case C-365/18) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 94/22/EC — Energy — Conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons — Royalties — Methods of calculation — QE and PFOR indices — Discriminatory nature)

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2019/C 432/11

Case C-396/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 November 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione — Italy) — Gennaro Cafaro v DQ (Request for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 — Annex I, Point FCL.065 — Scope ratione temporis — Directive 2000/78/EC — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Discrimination on grounds of age — Article 2(5) — Article 4(1) — National legislation providing for the automatic termination of the employment relationship at the age of 60 — Aircraft pilots — Protection of national security)

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2019/C 432/12

Joined Cases C-469/18 and C-470/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 October 2019 (Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie — Belgium) — IN (C-469/18), JM (C-470/18) v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Personal Income Tax — Inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)

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2019/C 432/13

Case C-515/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 24 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Sardegna — Italy) — Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Regione Autonoma della Sardegna (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Public passenger transport services — Rail transport — Public service contracts — Direct award — Obligation to publish a prior information notice in relation to the direct award — Scope)

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2019/C 432/14

Case C-636/18: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 October 2019 — European Commission v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2008/50/EC — Ambient air quality — Article 13(1) and Annex XI - Systematic and persistent exceedance of the limit values for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in certain French zones and agglomerations — Article 23(1) — Annex XV — ‘The shortest possible’ exceedance period — Appropriate measures)

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2019/C 432/15

Case C-35/19: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 October 2019 (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège — Belgium) — BU v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Free movement of workers — Equal treatment — Income tax — National legislation — Tax exemption for disability allowances — Allowances received in another Member State — Not included — Difference in treatment)

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2019/C 432/16

Case C-296/19 P: Appeal brought on 10 April 2019 by Etnia Dreams, S.L. against the judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) delivered on 13 February 2019 in Case T-823/17, Etnia Dreams v EUIPO — Poisson (Etnik)

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2019/C 432/17

Case C-332/19 P: Appeal brought on 23 April 2019 by Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 12 February 2019 in Case T-134/17, Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission

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2019/C 432/18

Case C-451/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 12 June 2019 — Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo v XU

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2019/C 432/19

Case C-525/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 9 July 2019 — GF v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo

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2019/C 432/20

Case C-532/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 11 July 2019 — QP v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo

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2019/C 432/21

Case C-576/19 P: Appeal brought on 29 July 2019 by Intercept Pharma Ltd, Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 28 June 2019 in Case T-377/18: Intercept Pharma and Intercept Pharmaceuticals v EMA

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2019/C 432/22

Case C-577/19 P: Appeal brought on 29 July 2019 by KID-Systeme GmbH against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 16 May 2019 in Case T-354/18: KID-Systeme v EUIPO

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2019/C 432/23

Case C-599/19 P: Appeal brought on 6 August 2019 by Rietze GmbH & Co. KG against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 6 June 2019 in Case T-43/18, Rietze GmbH & Co. KG v European Union Intellectual Property Office

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2019/C 432/24

Case C-601/19 P: Appeal brought on 7 August 2019 by BP against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 11 July 2019 in Case T-888/16: BP v FRA

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2019/C 432/25

Case C-622/19 P: Appeal brought on 21 August 2019 by Luz Saúde, SA against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 13 June 2019 in Case T-357/18 Luz Saúde v EUIPO – Clínica La Luz

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2019/C 432/26

Case C-675/19 SA: Application for authorisation to serve a garnishee order brought on 9 September 2019 — Ntinos Ramon v European Commission

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2019/C 432/27

Case C-677/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Vâlcea (Romania) lodged on 11 September 2019 — S.C. Valoris S.R.L. v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice Craiova — Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Vâlcea and Administrația Fondului pentru Mediu

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2019/C 432/28

Case C-693/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano (Italy) lodged on 13 September 2019 — SPV Project 1503 Srl, Dobank SpA v YB

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2019/C 432/29

Case C-705/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 23 September 2019 — Axpo Trading Ag v Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA — GSE

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2019/C 432/30

Case C-721/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 23 September 2019 — Sisal SpA v Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, Ministero dell’Economia and delle Finanze

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2019/C 432/31

Case C-722/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 23 September 2019 — Stanleybet Malta Limited Magellan, Robotec Ltd v Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze

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2019/C 432/32

Case C-723/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 30 September 2019 — AIRBNB Ireland UC, Airbnb Payments UK Ltd v Agenzia delle Entrate

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2019/C 432/33

Case C-726/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid (Spain) lodged on 1 October 2019 — Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario v JN

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2019/C 432/34

Case C-731/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 4 October 2019 — KM v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Albacete

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2019/C 432/35

Case C-788/19: Action brought on 23 October 2019 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain

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2019/C 432/36

Case C-796/19: Action brought on 29 October 2019 — European Commission v Republic of Austria

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2019/C 432/37

Case C-806/19 P: Appeal brought on 31 October 2019 by European Commission against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 24 September 2019 in Case T-105/17: HSBC Holdings plc and Others v Commission

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General Court

2019/C 432/38

Case T-48/17: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2019 –ADDE v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — European Parliament — Decision declaring certain expenditure of a political party ineligible for the purposes of a grant for 2015 — Decision awarding a grant for 2017 and making provision for pre-financing at the rate of 33 % of the maximum grant amount and an obligation to provide a bank guarantee — Obligation of impartiality — Rights of the defence — Financial Regulation — Rules of application of the Financial Regulation — Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 — Proportionality — Equal treatment)

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2019/C 432/39

Case T-332/17: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — E-Control v ACER (Energy — Decision of the Board of Appeal of ACER — Determination of the capacity calculation regions — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissible in part — Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 — ACER’s competence)

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2019/C 432/40

Case T-333/17: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — Austrian Power Grid and Vorarlberger Übertragungsnetz v ACER (Energy — Decision of the Board of Appeal of ACER — Determination of the capacity calculation regions — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissible in part — Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 — ACER’s competence)

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2019/C 432/41

Case T-335/17: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Help — Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe v Commission (Arbitration clause — Food security programme for very food insecure farming households in Zimbabwe (ECHO/ZWE/BUD/2009/02002) — Reclassification of the action — Audit reports — Audit report of the Court of Auditors — OLAF Report — Reimbursement of the sums paid — Proportionality — Legitimate expectations)

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2019/C 432/42

Case T-601/17: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — Rubik’s Brand v EUIPO — Simba Toys (Shape of a cube with surfaces having a grid structure) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a cube with surfaces having a grid structure — Absolute ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods necessary to obtain a technical result — Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Second sentence of Article 75(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now the second sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Article 65(6) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 72(6) of Regulation 2017/1001))

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2019/C 432/43

Case T-778/17: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — Autostrada Wielkopolska v Commission (State aid — Toll-motorway concession — Law providing for an exemption from tolls for certain vehicles — Compensation granted to the concession holder by the Member State for loss of revenue — Shadow toll — Decision declaring aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Procedural rights of the interested parties — Commission’s obligation to exercise particular vigilance — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Improvement of the concessionaire’s expected financial situation — Criterion of the private operator in a market economy — Article 107(3)(a) TFEU — Regional State aid)

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2019/C 432/44

Case T-58/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 —Mahr v EUIPO — Especialidades Vira (Xocolat) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark Xocolat — Earlier EU word mark LUXOCOLAT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Reasoned statement in the notice of opposition — Rule 15(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 2(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625))

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2019/C 432/45

Case T-279/18: Judgment of the General Court of 17 October 2019 — Alliance Pharmaceuticals v EUIPO — AxiCorp (AXICORP ALLIANCE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark AXICORP ALLIANCE — Earlier EU word and figurative marks ALLIANCE — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Proof of genuine use of the earlier marks — Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Interpretation of the description of the goods reproduced in the alphabetical list accompanying the Nice Classification)

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2019/C 432/46

Case T-310/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 –EPSU and Goudriaan v Commission (Social policy — Dialogue between the social partners at EU level — Agreement entitled ‘General framework for informing and consulting civil servants and employees of central government administrations’ — Joint request of the signatory parties seeking the implementation of that agreement at EU level — Refusal by the Commission to submit a proposal for a decision to the Council — Action for annulment — Challengeable act — Admissibility — Commission’s discretion — Autonomy of the social partners — Principle of subsidiarity — Proportionality)

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2019/C 432/47

Case T-361/18: Judgment of the General Court of 5 November 2019 — APEDA v EUIPO — Burraq Travel & Tours General Tourism Office (SIR BASMATI RICE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark SIR BASMATI RICE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 432/48

Case T-380/18: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2019 — Intas Pharmaceuticals v EUIPO — Laboratorios Indas (INTAS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark INTAS — Earlier EU and national figurative trade marks including the word element ‘indas’ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs and of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Proof of genuine use of the earlier marks — Article 47 of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2019/C 432/49

Case T-417/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — CdT v EUIPO (Action for annulment — Institutional law — Obligation to award the translation services required for EUIPO’s functioning to the CdT — Termination of the arrangement between the CdT and EUIPO — Publication of a call for tenders for translation services — Plea of inadmissibility — No interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate in part — Partial inadmissibility)

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2019/C 432/50

Case T-432/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2019 —Palo v Commission (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Pensions — Pension scheme — Severance grant — Article 12(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination — Legitimate expectations — Principle of good administration — Duty of care)

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2019/C 432/51

Case T-434/18: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2019 — Vans v EUIPO (ULTRARANGE) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark ULTRARANGE — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 432/52

Case T-454/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Biasotto v EUIPO — Oofos (OO) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark OO — Earlier EU figurative mark OO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 432/53

Case T-498/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — ZPC Flis v EUIPO — Aldi Einkauf (Happy Moreno choco) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark Happy Moreno choco — Earlier national figurative marks MORENO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Substitution of the list of goods covered by the earlier national figurative marks — Rectification of the decision of the Board of Appeal — Article 102(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Legal basis — Previous decision-making practice — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations)

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2019/C 432/54

Case T-559/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — Atos Medical v EUIPO — Andreas Fahl Medizintechnik-Vertrieb (medical plasters) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a medical plaster — Disclosure of the earlier designs — Ground for invalidity — Individual character — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — Different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

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2019/C 432/55

Case T-560/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — Atos Medical v EUIPO — Andreas Fahl Medizintechnik-Vertrieb (medical plasters) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a medical plaster — Disclosure of the earlier designs — Ground for invalidity — Individual character — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — Different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

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2019/C 432/56

Case T-568/18: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2019 — Local-e-motion v EUIPO — Volkswagen (WE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark WE — Earlier national word mark WE — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 432/57

Case T-582/18: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2019 — Boxer Barcelona v EUIPO — X-Technology Swiss (XBOXER BARCELONA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark XBOXER BARCELONA — Earlier EU figurative mark representing the letter ‘x’ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Evidence — Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Restriction of the application for registration before the Board of Appeal — Article 49(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2019/C 432/58

Case T-628/18: Judgment of the General Court of 17 October 2019 — E.I. Papadopoulos v EUIPO — Europastry (fripan VIENNOISERIE CAPRICE Pur Beurre) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for European Union figurative mark fripan VIENNOISERIE CAPRICE Pur Beurre — Earlier EU figurative mark Caprice — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2019/C 432/59

Case T-684/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2019 — ZV v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Vacancy notice — Commission’s deputy mediator — Procedure — Assessment of the merits)

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2019/C 432/60

Case T-708/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — ZPC Flis v EUIPO — Aldi Einkauf (FLIS Happy Moreno choco) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark FLIS Happy Moreno choco — Earlier national figurative marks MORENO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Substitution of the list of goods covered by the earlier national figurative marks — Rectification of the decision of the Board of Appeal — Article 102(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Legal basis — Previous decision-making practice — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations)

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2019/C 432/61

Case T-10/19: Judgment of the General Court of 17 October 2019 — United States Seafoods v EUIPO — (UNITED STATES SEAFOODS) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark UNITED STATES SEAFOODS — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 432/62

Case T-41/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — MSI Svetovanje v EUIPO — Industrial Farmaceutica Cantabria (nume) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark nume — Earlier EU word mark numederm — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 432/63

Case T-240/19: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2019 — A9.com v EUIPO (Representation of a bell) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a bell — Absolute ground for refusal — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2019/C 432/64

Case T-557/17: Order of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — Liaño Reig v SRB (Action for annulment — Economic and monetary policy — Compensation claim — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms — Resolution procedure — Resolution scheme for Banco Popular Español — Partial annulment — Non-severability — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 432/65

Case T-727/18 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 20 September 2019 — ZW v EIB (Interim measures — Civil service — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 432/66

Case T-750/18: Order of the General Court of 25 October 2019 –Briois v Parliament (Institutional law — Member of the European Parliament — Privileges and immunities — Decision to waive parliamentary immunity — Expiry of the electoral mandate — No longer any interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate)

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2019/C 432/67

Case T-145/19: Order of the General Court of 17 October 2019 — Jap Energéticas y Medioambientales v Commission (Action for annulment — Grant agreement concluded under the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) — Debit note — Measure which is part of a purely contractual context from which it is inseparable — No reclassification of the action — Manifest inadmissibility)

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2019/C 432/68

Case T-188/19: Order of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — United Kingdom v Commission (Action for annulment — Research and technological development and space — Seventh framework programme of the Union — Audit — Failure to fill out work timesheets — Personnel costs declared ineligible — Decision of the Commission to adopt the audit report as final — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 432/69

Case T-211/19: Order of the General Court of 25 October 2019 — Le Pen v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — Member of the European Parliament — Privileges and immunities — Decision waiving parliamentary immunity — Expiry of an MEP’s mandate — No further interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate)

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2019/C 432/70

Case T-383/19 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 23 October 2019 — Walker and Others v Parliament and Council (Interlocutory proceedings — Area of freedom, security and justice — Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 — Loss of EU citizenship — Application for interim measures — Manifest inadmissibility of the main action — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 432/71

Case T-688/19: Action brought on 8 October 2019 – VeriGraft v EASME

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2019/C 432/72

Case T-690/19: Action brought on 8 October 2019 – Daily Mail and General Trust plc and Others v Commission

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2019/C 432/73

Case T-691/19: Action brought on 8 October 2019 – Hill & Smith Holdings and Hill & Smith Overseas v Commission

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2019/C 432/74

Case T-692/19: Action brought on 8 October 2019 – Rentokil Initial and Rentokil Initial 1927 v Commission

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2019/C 432/75

Case T-703/19: Action brought on 11 October 2019 – DD v FRA

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2019/C 432/76

Case T-727/19: Action brought on 29 October 2019 — Basaglia v Commission

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2019/C 432/77

Case T-733/19: Action brought on 29 October 2019 – Zhejiang Sunflower Light Energy Science & Technology and Sunowe Solar v Commission

66

2019/C 432/78

Case T-734/19: Action brought on 4 November 2019 — Junqueras i Vies v Parliament

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2019/C 432/79

Case T-735/19: Action brought on 30 October 2019 – Frank Recruitment Group Services v EUIPO – Pearson (PEARSON FRANK)

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2019/C 432/80

Case T-736/19: Action brought on 4 November 2019 — HA v Commission

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2019/C 432/81

Case T-737/19: Action brought on 5 November 2019 — Huevos Herrera Mejías v EUIPO — Montesierra (MontiSierra HUEVOS CON SABOR A CAMPO)

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2019/C 432/82

Case T-739/19: Action brought on 6 November 2019 — Productos Jamaica v EUIPO — Alada 1850 (flordeJamaica)

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2019/C 432/83

Case T-313/19: Order of the General Court of 23 October 2019 — Taghani v Commission

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